With the threat of infection forcing isolative precautions, many families are faced with secondary detrimental impacts. The unintended consequences caused by the closures of schools, libraries, and after-school programs have created stresses that will place hardships upon millions of families across our country. The preventative measures of isolative practices are now being felt economically by our locally owned small businesses and hourly wage earners as they have been forced to brace for long-term revenue losses.
As a direct response to our local community needs, the St. George Community Church has created a plan to mitigate some local impacts caused by the unintended consequences of the virus containment efforts.
Because of school-age program closures, our medical care, first responders, and caregiving professionals must now decide what to do with loved ones as they are called to duty, many are already overwhelmed with the response to this virus. We know that over 50 percent of all medical workers have children and have launched a plan to support them by providing daily weekday activities for their children. We at St. George Community Church will now offer youth programs, art, science, and tutoring for children 7-17 from 8am-6pm.We will limit the spaces to help up to 50 children in our day programs with groups being kept to 10 people per activity.